Risk Specialist

Risk Specialist

We encourage Indigenous Peoples and women to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Tremendous opportunity to join a global organisation at the forefront of mining
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Great work life balance, so you can spend more time on the things that are important to you outside of work
• Attractive salary, annual incentive program and a huge range of employee benefits and discounts designed to make life better
• 2-year Fixed term based in Perth, Brisbane, with flexible work hours, hybrid work (work from home and the office), leave for all of life’s reasons
   

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We have a Risk Specialist position available for a professional who is passionate about managing risks across high value capital projects This role is integral to Rio Tinto’s Modern ERP program, and you will recognise the importance of the project meeting its corporate and legal obligations effectively, while securing value-add opportunities.  

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to Value and Project Controls Lead and working in a collaborative community within our Modern ERP programme, your key responsibilities will be:

• Driving effective consideration of risk in decision-making processes;
• Providing risk management advice to support projects consider potentially complex problems through a risk lens
• Prepare risk summary reports to be incorporated in stage-gate approvals;
• Supporting the project team by presenting project risks to independent reviewers ahead of stage-gate approvals;
• Articulating project interdependencies risks and communicate with relevant stakeholders;
• Support forums from a risk and assurance perspective, such as senior leader meetings
• Contributing to a one team approach across the program

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Strong experience in promoting a risk aware approach for large scale capital projects
• Strong communication skills (e.g. ability to clearly articulate context/risks)
• Problem solving mindset coupled with intellectual curiosity
• Proven ability to work across all levels of the business and offer solutions

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress.
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership goals.
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Flexible working arrangements

About Modern ERP  

You may know Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) by the name SAP or Rio Tinto Business System (RTBS).

What is our Modern ERP doing? We’re simplifying our systems and redesigning our core business processes across Rio to make it easier for our people to get their job done. We’ll be upgrading our Rio Tinto Business System (RTBS) from old technology to a new version. 

To become Best Operator, we need to transform how we operate and how we use technology. A digitally enabled platform means we can access advanced technology, data-driven insights, and automation. We’ll be able to empower our people to do more of the right work, at the right time, and in the right way.

We have a chance to shape the system that over 50,000 of our people interact with daily.  

Where you’ll be working

The newly created Modern ERP I Program team within the Group Finance function will bring together a variety of specialist skillsets to shape our digital future and simplify, automate, modernise and improve our ways of working globally.

Applications close on Sunday 27th April 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

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